The sixth installment of the Harry Potter series --- "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling --- hit U.S. stores July 16. But not everyone is wild about Harry. Three new books offer insight about the young wizard's tales: two for and one against. The "pro" books will have Potter fans racing for highlighters to underline insightful passages, tips on talking to children about the books and keys to symbols in the series. The single "con" book could be boiled down to: "Read Deuteronomy 18." "Looking for God in Harry Potter" by John Granger asks on the cover, "Is there Christian meaning hidden in the best-selling books?" His answer is "Yes." Granger is the "Harry Potter Professor" at Barnes and Noble University, a free, online offering of courses and reading groups where he has taught a course on using the series in children's literature classes.
Posted by Editor at July 25, 2005 10:20 AM